Citationshares gets the first Sovereign - what about NJA?

[On Your Six]

So I hear that Citationshares (majority owned by Cessna) took delivery of their first Citation Sovereign. Nice airplane with a great Primus Epic flight deck... Any idea IF/WHEN NJA will get their huge batch of Sovereigns or is Santulli still sulking and delaying the deliveries?

Anyone out there fly a Sovereign yet? How many CS drivers have been (or will be) trained in the next few months? How does the Sovereign compare with the Hawker Horizon and the CL300 in terms of performance and price?

Lastly, anyone know if Flight Options is scheduled to eventually get the Hawker Horizon - anyone know the proposed delivery date for the Horizon at FLOPS?

 

[Guitar Guy]

I talked with one of the check airmen on it last week. NJA has been having some crews build time on it and owner/passenger flying is starting soon, perhaps this month. Apparently there are a few Sovereigns already painted and ready to go in Wichita for NJA.

 

[Hawk Driver]

Any idea IF/WHEN NJA will get their huge batch of Sovereigns or is Santulli still sulking and delaying the deliveries?

QUOTE]

First delivery is next week on either Dec. 7th or 8th.

HD

 

[Hawkered]

Mr Santulli doesn't sulk...he delays with the instincts of a refined predator than leaps on his prey!

 

[Diesel]

We've got 4 sitting painted up all ready to go in ICT.

Seems about right CS get's 1 we get 4.

 

[Hawkered]

And they lose 50 CJ-3 sales and options for 50 more for being so stupid!!

 

[On Your Six]

What's the holdup on the Sovereigns at NJA - why are they sitting on the ramp at ICT? You'd think that NJA would want to put them into service ASAP - especially if there is a lot of interest from customers...

Would the Sovereign compete more or less with the CL300 at Flexjet in terms of customer demographics? Sorry, but I like the look and the performance of the CL300 better - it has great ramp presence.... Hope to see the Sovereigns in service soon.

 

[rajflyboy]

Sovereign >> will be known as the second fastest airplane between maintenance bases!

 

[Some guy]

Sovereign >> will be known as the second fastest airplane between maintenance bases!

I imagine the Citation X is #1 on that list.

 

[rajflyboy]

yep... you got it right